Up from Below explained

Up from Below
Type:	studio
Artist:	Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Cover:	UpFromBelow.jpg
Released:	July 7, 2009
Genre:	Indie folk, folk rock, neo-psychedelia
Length:	56:58
Label:	Vagrant, Rough Trade
Producer:	Aaron Older, Edward Sharpe, Nicolo Aglietti
Prev Title:	Here Comes
Prev Year:	2009
Next Title:	Here
Next Year:	2012

Up from Below is the first album from Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. It was preceded by Here Comes EP.

Commercial performance

As of July 4, 2013, the album has sold 363,000 copies in United States.^[1]

In popular culture

• "Kisses Over Babylon" the music video appeared in 8th season of Beavis and Butthead in the episode "Bathroom Break".
• "40 Day Dream" was featured in a promo for season 5 of Mad Men and season 3 episode 6 of Chuck in Chuck Versus the Nacho Sampler
• "Janglin" was featured in a commercial for the 2011 Ford Fiesta.
• "Brother" was named after Ebert's good friend and famed actor Heath Ledger, who died in 2008. Ebert said in an interview with the BuildSeriesNYC in early 2020 that he and Ledger, the night before Ledger's death, were talking about a movie script concept where they are brothers, and one of them dies, and the spirit is with the other. Ebert talked about being stunned the next morning to find out Ledger had died.
• "Home" was featured in a commercial for the NFL that focused on many cities and their home fans. It was used in the 2014 movie The Book of Life,^[2] in an episode of Community entitled "Debate 109", and in the season 1 finale of Raising Hope. "Home" was covered by the cast of Glee in the sixth-season episode "Homecoming". The commercial ubiquity of "Home" and other derivative pop folk songs eventually grew to frustrate Ebert.^[3]
• "Om Nashi Me" was featured in Andrew Reynold's part for the Emerica video "Stay Gold".

Charts

Chart (2009)!scope="col"

Peak position
Australian Albums Chart^[4]	86
Canadian Albums Chart^[5]	132
UK Albums (2013)^[6]	52
US Billboard 200^[7]	76

External links

• Live on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic
• On ABC's Amplified
• FuelTV Interview
• Live On FuelTV's The Daily Habit

Notes and References

1. In the Studio With Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros as They Tap Third Album. Billboard . Phil. Gallo. 4 July 2013. 1 June 2018.
2. Web site: The Book of Life. 17 October 2014. 3 October 2016. IMDb.
3. Web site: Edward Sharpe Is Dead: Alex Ebert on The Magnetic Zeros' Pursuit of Failure, Identity, and Unrealism. 12 April 2016 . 3 October 2016.
4. Web site: The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 8 February 2010. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20100204130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20100205-0000/issue1041.pdf. dead. 2010-02-04. February 8, 2010. Australian Web Archive. 1041. December 3, 2012.
5. Web site: Albums : Top 100. January 13, 2011. JAM! Music. Canadian Online Explorer. Quebecor Media. https://archive.today/20041226005640/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html. December 26, 2004. usurped. January 16, 2011.
6. Web site: Edward Sharpe & Magnetic Zeros . Official Charts Company . 20 July 2013 .
7. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros|chart=all}} Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes Chart History ]. Billboard . 2010-09-11 . 2010-10-28.